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Yes, really. That's what /etc was for.
by tedunangst 2y ago
Yes, really. That's what /etc was for.
- gjvc 2y agoI know. I'm saying it's sick. I hate computers.
- kps 2y agoWhy sick? That was the directory for binaries that weren't meant to be run directly — `getty`, `login`, etc. Today there's much more software, so some things got moved into finer-grained locations like /libexec and /sbin. That wasn't the case in the /etc/glob era when the entire UNIX system was smaller than today's average web page.
- gjvc 2y agoand /sbin was full